Saturday, April 4, 2009

So, who better to celebrate the anniversary with? Let me introduce you to my beautiful bird buddies. Let's start this post off great, with another one of my favorite photos I've ever taken. I think it is very important for me to realize that my "favorite photos I've ever taken" continue to increase lately. It means I'm learning and improving, and you should NEVER stop learning or striving to improve!

This is a Northern Harrier, in all her glory.

Isn't she gorgeous?

Seriously, can you possibly look at this and say it's not beautiful?

She almost took my head off when she flew past, and

if you look at this photo and look into her eye,

I think she's planning on trying to take my head off again!

(c) Misty DawnS

Red-Tailed Hawk

*Sigh* These are the birds who have a conspiracy against me.

They will sit on a post, or in a tree, and just smile at me...

seriously, they smile...

and when I pull up my camera for a picture

they take off... laughing the whole way...

seriously, they laugh.

(c) Misty DawnS

These are, obviously, some turkeys.

I took this photo last weekend,

right as it was beginning to sleet.

I'm like the mail carrier...

Neither sleet nor snow, will keep the

Crazy Little Lady with Big Camera away!

bwahahahaha

(c) Misty DawnS

*Sigh* My Grandma would love this photo.

She loved birds, especially Cardinals.

The male Cardinal kept chasing the females away from the feeder.

How Rude!

So, this female was appreciating the seed I had scattered on the ground.

Take that Mr. Really Rude Redbird!

(c) Misty DawnS

Speaking of rude...

here we have a Blue Jay.

My grandma used to say they were very pretty, but

they were bad birds, because they cause problems for the other birds.

They certainly are pretty though, aren't they?

Dear Bad Bullying Blue Jay - it you weren't so pretty, I'd give you a lecture!

(c) Misty DawnS

The Blue-Winged Teals (see Bear, I remembered!)

have been frequenting my pond. Thanks, Pals!

See that long beaked bird in the background???

Look closely... ya see it?

That's a Common SNIPE! Yep, they really DO exist!

I could ask you to go Snipe hunting with me,

and it wouldn't even be a joke!

(Anyone who has ever been Snipe hunting knows what I'm talking about.)

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Beautiful photos. We see turkeys along the toll road all the time. One of these days I am going to stop and take pics... that and an armadillo, before I leave Florida My daughter always gets embarrased when I stop the car to take pics!

Wow, all wonderful photographs of these very beautiful birds. All should be enlarged to get the full benefit of them, they are gorgeous and you have captured that Red-Tailed Hawk perfectly. You actually see that look in his eye. Great post Misty, and congratulations on the One Year Anniversary.

Omg those birds are amazing..you photographed them all....wow I am very impressed...I love birds...but my photos seem so insignificant in comparison to yours...I can't believe it has been a year since you started the Camera Critters....I am working on my post now....it should be up later in the day....Happy 1st Anniversary to Camera Critters....

Misty: The year has flown by enjoying all the critters. Here's a poem for you my friend.

The year has past so quickly byyou may say how does it fly.When week by week we post againit comes so fast but I know when.Around the web I travel through,critters I will see a few.Because Misty has shared with usa Meme without a lot of fuss.